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Deadly Village Shooting Investigated as Hate Crime: Sources
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Deadly Village Shooting Investigated as Hate Crime: Sources

Police are investigating the deadly overnight shooting of a 32-year-old man in Greenwich Village as a hate crime after detectives learned the suspect arrested at the scene may have made anti-gay remarks to the victim before pulling the trigger, law enforcement sources tell NBC... Read »

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Officials Assess

Officials Assess "Staggering Damage" After Metro-North Crash

State authorities touring the Connecticut site where two Metro-North trains packed with rush-hour... Watch »

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Cause of West Fertilizer Blast Ruled

Cause of West Fertilizer Blast Ruled "Undetermined"

Federal and Texas investigators said the cause of the deadly fire and explosion at a fertilizer facility in West is... Watch »

May 17, 2013
Body in Woods Identified as Missing Conn. Student: Cops

Body in Woods Identified as Missing Conn. Student: Cops

State police say DNA testing has shown that human remains found in a wooded area in Connecticut are those of... Read »

2 hours ago
Plane Makes Belly Landing at Newark Airport

Plane Makes Belly Landing at Newark Airport

An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at... Watch »

2 hours ago
Cops Investigate Hofstra Student Shooting as Campus Mourns

Cops Investigate Hofstra Student Shooting as Campus Mourns

Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 21-year-old Hofstra... Read »

2 hours ago
Man, 25, Arrested in Brooklyn Alley Rape, Robbery

Man, 25, Arrested in Brooklyn Alley Rape, Robbery

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the February attack on a 22-year-old woman who was forced into... Read »

2 hours ago
Drugs Hidden in Beans and Pens: JFK Facility Roots Out Smugglers

Drugs Hidden in Beans and Pens: JFK Facility Roots Out Smugglers

Each day, more than half a million pieces of mail come from overseas through a facility at Kennedy Airport,... Watch »

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Assemblyman Vito Lopez to Resign on Monday: Silver

Assemblyman Vito Lopez to Resign on Monday: Silver

Democratic State Assemblyman Vito Lopez will resign on Monday rather than next month, according to a letter he sent... Read »

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3 Dead in Overnight Spate of Violence Across Chicago

3 Dead in Overnight Spate of Violence Across Chicago

Two people were fatally shot in the head and another shot dead in the chest in overnight violence that wounded... Read »

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1 Killed, 4 Hurt in Separate Bronx Car Crashes

1 Killed, 4 Hurt in Separate Bronx Car Crashes

Two boys and three adults were seriously injured in separate car crashes in the Bronx Friday afternoon. Read »

May 17, 2013
Navy SEAL from Long Island Killed in Training Exercise

Navy SEAL from Long Island Killed in Training Exercise

A Navy SEAL from Long Island was killed when a Humvee carrying him and seven others overturned
during... Read »

May 17, 2013
Couple

Couple "Invaded" by 1996 Cicadas Not Worried This Time Around

A New Jersey couple whose yard was overrun with cicadas 17 years ago and appeared on NBC 4 New York with the creepy... Watch »

May 17, 2013
Hero Officer Charged With Raping Women

Hero Officer Charged With Raping Women

A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and saluted by President Obama has been arrested,... Watch »

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2nd Suspect in Elderly Man's Chain-Snatching Arrested: Cops

2nd Suspect in Elderly Man's Chain-Snatching Arrested: Cops

Police have arrested the second of a pair of Bronx suspects who allegedly stole a chain and pendant off an... Read »

2 hours ago
Deaf Dog Stolen, Held For Ransom: Family

Deaf Dog Stolen, Held For Ransom: Family

Dognappers captured a deaf 11-year-old mini Yorkie from a yard in Hollywood and are demanding $1,000 from his owners... Watch »

3 hours ago

"Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" Turned in by Barista

Authorities say the internet celebrity known as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" was turned in to Philadelphia... Watch »

May 17, 2013
France Becomes 14th Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

France Becomes 14th Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

France became the 14th country to legalize gay weddings after French President Francois Hollande signed a bill into... Read »

5 hours ago
Man Fires Pistol at Cannes Film Festival

Man Fires Pistol at Cannes Film Festival

A man at Cannes film festival was arrested after firing a starting pistol while a live TV broadcast was taking place... Read »

6 hours ago
North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles

North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles

North Korea shot three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, according to NBC News. Read »

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